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Leading to Nowhere

by Josh Forner

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1.
Murphy's Law 01:57
Try to live your life Like Murphy's Law Where everyday will bring Another flaw Where what you say Goes straight out the door Try to live your life Like Murphy's Law I still live my life Like Murphy's Law With my head hard-pressed Upon the floor After another way It goes wrong some more Try to live your life As Murphy's Law Then you'll see Where I'm coming from And why I do believe That there needs to be Somebody out there To rescue me You all tell me To be stronger To get up off my knees That eventually There will be something To please me Try to live your life Like Murphy's Law Where every day Will close another door Where what you do Counts as a negative score Try to live your life Like Murphy's Law I said Try to live your life Like Murphy's Law
2.
Count to Ten 03:37
Oh, Stephanie works At the ice cream shop She's scared for the day When her heart, it stops But there's a beat that beats It doesn't beat a beat for her The dark birds on the horizon Are circling through the blur CHORUS: Count to ten It'll start again One more dream before it ends Count to ten Then start again More happens now Than it did then Oh, Kelly wakes With ringing in her ears She's bemused by the sounds from last night That she still hears But the beat doesn't beat It doesn't beat like the beat before Her bob haircut in the memory Of a bearded man across the floor CHORUS Oh, Amy's going down Free falling through this hole Many years ago, she stopped Burrowing through her soul But there's a beat that beats But the beat won't beat to loud A fickle smile will pierce the Dark and dusty cloud CHORUS (x2)
3.
Troubles 03:14
Where Where do I run to? It's crashing around My sense of life and limb Where Where do I turn to? It's tearing apart My willingness to live CHORUS: But troubles come And troubles stay Trouble seem to Know my name You're surrounded We see you I stand there stunned What do I do? Where Where do I run to? To facilitate my time My space, my mind Where Where do I turn to? To resurrect my space My heart, my face CHORUS So cup your hands And wrap your arms Your ugly boyfriend’s Got no charms Drain your eyes, babe And tap your feet You're losing your Right to speak So cup your hands And wrap your arms Your foolish head Sounds its alarms Drain your eyes, babe And tap your feet February fifth I lay in the street CHORUS
4.
If life were a car I'm sure I'd need a back seat driver 'cause I don't know What I'm doing Half the time If life were a car I'd have GPS navigation 'cause I don't know Where I'm going But I'll be fine If life were a car And I were in control I'd have surely Stalled the engine Once or twice If life were a car There's no key in my ignition And I'm calling on you... CHORUS: My back seat driver Help me get home safe Back seat driver Talking in my ear Back seat driver Making my heart race Back seat driver Oh... If life were a car Mine would have four wheel steering 'cause I like Extra control Under my feet If life were a car Mine would need a service 'cause there's something Not working Quite right If life were a car I'd have a speeding ticket For growing up Much too fast If life were a car The upholstery's a little stained And I'm calling for you... CHORUS You need to help me out For I don't know where I'm going You need to help me out Because I'm halfway to insane You need to help me out For I don't know what I am thinking You need to help me out But it's too late CHORUS I'm not in control
5.
She's strutting around This sweet brunette I try – try to hide It's no secret My eyes are so fixated I'ma find a way Just to play it She takes a few steps My way I'm in a debate 'bout what to say I follow the curves On her green dress She's making me sweat It's ridiculous CHORUS: Somebody get me a drink For it might help me to think Someone fetch me a dream Make this moment for me please It finally all makes sense The bleeding and the consequence I needed a reason to breathe And she found me in this piece Before I could even speak I got a dry mouth And my knees went weak Why is this happening to me? It's the kind of thing From the movies She told me she liked My guitar I played a few riffs And I felt her heart It was beating along With the music For a minute Everything lifted CHORUS Whatever else can I call her But a girl with no sense Of order The way to the middle Was unclear The dominant feeling Was fear Could this be a dictation Of some other Thoughtful fixation Could it be so wrong It's so right I'll give you the answer Tomorrow night CHORUS
6.
Backing down In the face of it all The rotting dead The will to fall The daily news The traffic on Punt You drink yourself stupid While your heart's on the hunt CHORUS: It flows; and it goes With a will to impair Do you fight with the strange? Do you try to repair? A final result Prior to the despair It's another one Of those things That leads to Nowhere Keep fishing While the waters are bleak The trident riddle That forces to seek The blue sky horizon The Nullarbor Plane You feel like your dying But your spirit is maimed CHORUS Leading to nowhere Beyond our eyes Leading to nowhere Out of sight CHORUS I'm going nowhere Won't you follow me to nowhere?
7.
Times for plenty Times for change Time for everything To be so deranged Times are stupid Times; they're hot I think it's time you gave it All that you've got CHORUS: No longer will we be searching For a lazy tomorrow No longer do we have all this Time to borrow Time to give up the dream Of a lazy tomorrow It seems Times are hard, yeh Times are strange Times so strenuous Stuck in this cage Time to speak out Time to revolt But time don't mean a thing Without a result CHORUS BRIDGE: Next time around It's all gonna be done The same Next time around Well, that just ain't good enough Next time around Might not be too far away There could be no next time After today Times are gone Yeh, times have ceased Time was much better when we Were all in one piece Times are ever-changing And times they are so weak Time ain't so promising When the future is so bleak CHORUS BRIDGE
8.
I’m no kind Of genius But I know where I stand I don’t know where You’re getting off Being with some other Man I’m no kind Of genius But I know about Love And I wish I knew What I was Thinking of CHORUS: ‘Cause when I met you Hearts were alive But in the end Only yours would survive Recreated, reinforced Cracked and torn And pulled and pushed I’m no kind Of mastermind But I know The story I got my needs I got my wants And they’re all Boring I’m no kind Of mastermind But I know where It hurts So I reach inside Your pockets And fear for The worst CHORUS I’m no kind Of Genius But I know what This is You ignored My presence And you acknowledged His I’m no kind Of genius But I know My place And I hope every Time you're with him You see My face CHORUS (x2) Recreated, reinforced Cracked and torn And pulled and pushed
9.
There's always been A healthy grin When you think about The heart of this town So reach your thoughts And gather 'round As we raise our glasses To the river brown Ol' brown river Don't you hold some dreams A fate beside the science So it seems Ol' brown river There's things that you bestow More than this man Will ever know Before our landing Came the spirit man and He set his life along The Birrarung The greenest grass Turned to concrete paths Still this river holds A song that must be sung Ol' brown river Don't you flow along the way From Warburton on to Hobson's Bay Ol' brown river The ever-flowing stream Backdrop to the Melbourne dream You're filled with clay And other things, but hey A true icon you already Have become The years still pass And your legacy; it lasts Something that your colour overcomes Ol' brown river We celebrate your skin A tribute to the waterway devine Ol' brown river Don't you dare go for a swim As you take a trek Along the river line Ol' brown river Don't you flow along the way Through Warrandyte and Fairfield All the way Ol' brown river Appreciate this rhyme For there is still so much That's left to say Ol' brown river We know you're here to say Keep the mirror to this fine city Day by day
10.
You had more heart Than any man I know Gave me all your care And that just goes to show I'll always sing for you My girl, my best friend I'll remember you Until the very end CHORUS: You sat at my feet As my guitar I played You listened to every word I ever had to say You made my life so full And I just feel A part of me died With you You rested your chin On my shoulder when I needed Used your wet tongue To methodically clean my hands I'd pet your head and I'd kiss your eyes Everybody loved you But that was not surprise CHORUS You couldn't talk But you told me a million things With your eyes, your face, your tail Losing you; it stings We hope that you Like the life we gave Let this song be The flowers on your grave CHORUS And I just feel A part of me died With you

about

Leading to Nowhere represents three years of blood, sweat and tears from Josh's behalf. Recording of the album began all the way back in 2010 in a Carlton apartment when the first single 'Pulled and Pushed' made it to the eyes and ears of the world, appearing on the 'Revolutionary Road' compilation CD in that same year.

The album title has become very apt as Forner's numerous attempts to release the final product have all been delayed, until finally, in May 2013, his debut release will finally make it into the hands of the public.

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released May 30, 2013

Mixed by Josh Forner & Winson Chan
Additional Instruments by Steve Martin, Ash Joy, Danny Finkelstein, Jeff Miller and Winson Chan
Mastered by Elton Smith
Album Design by Josh Forner, Niki Vout & Annie Henderson

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Josh Forner Adelaide, Australia

Josh Forner is a two-time Australian Songwriting Contest short-listed artist
originally from Melbourne.

Forner released his first album, the 11 track full-length LP, ‘Leading to
Nowhere,’ in March 2013.

He continues to work towards the creation and release of his
second full-length album, ‘A Crooked Point of View,’ from his new home in Adelaide.
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